My cover of the John Frusciante song, "Carvel" from the album, "Shadows Collide with People" (2004). In addition to the album, Frusciante also recorded demo and acoustic versions of Carvel and my cover takes influences from all three. The album was made during recording of the RHCP's "By the Way" album and has contributions from Flea, Chad Smith and Josh Klinghoffer.
Carvel Lyrics
When I try I force it out Never looking in only out Now is the time for millions to lose Never the same since I lost you
Running me out of town Wishing the best around Would only get off my back Heaven receives you and throws you back Sending a dummy to my God (x4)
Driving to eat a Carvel cake Somewhere you know isn't where you think Have you gone away
Have you gone, have you gone away already (x4) All the good times are on their way
Up and down that's how energy stays alive Up and down that's how energy stays alive And I wouldn't have it any other way
Why do you need control? What is it scares you so much That you only feel whole When you command my every action? This is not who I am, There’s so much I will be, Once I cut through the strings That bind our fates; my heart you’ll never see
Then I feel those strings, tighten. You want to play your marionette. All the things you do brighten This flame you’ve not dowsed yet
I’ll be free of you, I will live my own life Far away from all your pain. I will dance again, I will feel rapture You could not begin to comprehend
In that workshop of your mind You think love can be built, How could you be so blind To not understand the interaction? This is not who we are, I just need to be free Once I cut through the strings That bind our fates; my heart you’ll never see
Then I feel those strings, tighten. You want to play your marionette. Everything you do frightens This spirit that’s still strong yet
I’ll be free of you, I will live my own life Far away from all your pain. I will dance again, I will feel rapture You could not begin to comprehend
Something in my heart darkens You want to play your marionette. Then I feel those strings, tighten A pain I can’t forget
I’ll be free of you, I will live my own life Far away from all your pain. I will dance again, I will feel rapture You could not begin to comprehend
Words and music, copyright Ray Chapman (2016)
Video produced under creative commons attribution licensing, remixing original material from the short film, “Prangsta “ALIVE” fashion film” by Sam.A.Martin: https://vimeo.com/user13176733 Source Video: https://vimeo.com/74295728
The best things in life, they’re not things it’s true It’s obvious to me, when I’m with you Every day In every way I can’t believe That I just seem to love you more
But when I see that smile Lighten up your face I’m feeling so alive And I wonder what you’ll tell me To tell me how you feel And when you say, “I love you” Can’t believe it’s real And I’m never letting go No, I’m never letting go, I’m never letting go
These small things they count, they’re all that we are Your kindness betrays your pure heart Every day In every way I can’t believe That I just seem to love you more
But when I see that smile Lighten up your face I’m feeling so alive And I wonder what you’ll tell me To tell me how you feel And when you say, “I love you” Can’t believe it’s real And I’m never letting go No, I’m never letting go, I’m never letting go
But when I see that smile Lighten up your face I’m feeling so alive And I wonder what you’ll tell me To tell me how you feel And when you say, “I love you” Can’t believe it’s real And I’m never letting go No, I’m never letting go, I’m never letting go
She sits alone on the train Sometimes it’s constant travelling To destinations unseen In pages dreams are gathering Waiting for her touch to give them life Waiting for the colours of her mind To release them
And turn the page on a new day Revealing secrets held within Seems like her whole life’s been spent waiting For this new tale to begin
Through darkened, loud city streets She strives to make her get away Just needs a quiet retreat Safe harbour to be cast away Into worlds that live beyond the page Into worlds of colour, bright displays Warming her heart Washing in
To turn the page on a new day The sunlight warming her skin Dreams are as real as we make them We have to just let them in And find those stories within
So turn the page, embrace the new day It’s there to have and to hold Dreams can be real if you want them Don’t leave your story untold
Take all those walls that you’re building Tear them all down It’s not a time for preparing For a dream you’ve not found Live a little bit Give a little bit The world is still outside you Live a little bit Before it’s gone… Come out to play
Love life, it’s a glorious trip So many things there to see Live life, don’t let anything slip Be who you want to be Be who you want to be
What would you do if you knew that This was the last day? What would you say of those plans You never quite got round to? Live a little bit Give a little bit Those dreams won’t come to find you Live a little bit Before it’s gone… Come out to play
Love life, it’s a glorious trip So many things there to see Live life, don’t let anything slip Be who you want to be Be who you want to be
A long walk home alone Like a fixture replayed No need to check the phone No message displayed Just one more meal for one As tasteless as TV dreams Nothing goes right or wrong Everything’s, as it seems This shadowed memory of life
Time to climb off the wheel And feel some pain, some joy, Something real And then, happy to breathe again Might just risk everything No one gets out of here alive
Distraction plays its part But hope lies within Just needs that tiny spark Somewhere to begin To leap into the void Eyes tightly shut but wide At reckless risks deployed Can’t say you never tried To really grasp this thing called life
Time to climb off the wheel And feel some pain, some joy, Something real And then, happy to breathe again Might just risk everything No one gets out of here alive
Time to climb off the wheel And feel some pain, some joy, Something real And then, happy to breathe again Might just risk everything No one gets out of here alive
"All These Shattered Motives" Acrylic on Canvas Size: 22 H x 30 W in http://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-All-These-Shattered-Motives/752001/3036573/view
Just weather beaten, not beaten to surrender, The past collects us, tightens knots, the ties that bind. In living memory, this quenchless search for profit Crushed all behind it, left like the lies we sold
Don’t want to follow I won’t blindly fall The way we’re heading they’ll be nothing left at all Of us
Reckless validation, it’s harder to remember Whose hands were laid down, played blind, we bluffed them all But nature fought back, not given to surrender Our bluffs neglect us, there’s no cards left to fall
Don’t want to follow I won’t blindly fall The way we’re heading they’ll be nothing left at all Of us (fuck that)
Don’t want to follow I won’t blindly fall The way we’re heading they’ll be nothing left at all Of us
Don’t blindly follow You’ll only fall If we do nothing they’ll be nothing left at all To lose
